Official UK procurement notice
Whalley Range 11-18 High School Catering Tender 2026/27
Authority: RPJ3 Group (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWhalley Range 11-18 High School are seeking to procure a provider for catering services.
The provision of the service must demonstrate the best value approach and be flexible in its delivery and operation to ensure that the needs and ethos of the school are supported.
This tender process is targeted to have a catering contract in place to commence in April 2027. Please note that this process covers all catering services within Whalley Range 11-18 High School with full tender costings and proposals for the school for a contract start in April 2027. These details will be further explained in the ITT documents. The process will be through a competitive flexible procedure commencing with a participation stage to create a select bidder list following analysis of a PSQ document (within which the scoring criteria will be included). The nature of the contract demands a good local infrastructure to provide and maintain the level and standard of catering services and support required by the school. Labour resource/relief cover is very important. We have set a minimum Employer's (compulsory) liability insurance of 10,000,000 GBP). Following the analysis of PSQ’s the selected bidders will be invited to attend site surveys and tender briefing initially planned for late October 2026. Tender response deadline is planned as late November 2026 and it is envisaged that interviews will take place in mid-December 2026. The contract will be for a 3 +1 +1 period (5 years in total including the option to extend for 1 + 1years after the initial 3 year term).
- How the procedure runs: The competitive flexible procedure will commence with a participation stage whereby a PSQ will be completed by interested suppliers. This will be scored and successful suppliers will be invited to submit a full tender. The tender submissions will be analysed and scored and selected suppliers will be invited to final interview/presentation stage. The contracting Authority will then select the successful framework supplier/s and award the contract.
- No preliminary market engagement: Time constraints of the procurement process and to ensure a level playing field so no supplier has an unfair advantage or to distort competition.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,500,000
- Economic & financial standing
As per PSQ document
- Technical & professional ability
As per PSQ document
- Condition of participationshortlisting
A Procurement Specific Questionnaire is completed by suppliers with the highest scoring suppliers being invited to tender.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Qualitative: 50%
- Financial: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Financial: 6/7 financial schedules require completion, providing a fixed price annual cost
- Qualitative: 11 qualitative schedules require responding to.
- Economic & financial standing
As per PSQ document
- Technical & professional ability
As per PSQ document
- Condition of participationshortlisting
A Procurement Specific Questionnaire is completed by suppliers with the highest scoring suppliers being invited to tender.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Sept 2026, 09:12 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 09:12 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-084699- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f420Find a Tender
- How it runs
The competitive flexible procedure will commence with a participation stage whereby a PSQ will be completed by interested suppliers. This will be scored and successful suppliers will be invited to submit a full tender. The tender submissions will be analysed and scored and selected suppliers will be invited to final interview/presentation stage. The contracting Authority will then select the successful framework supplier/s and award the contract.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
8 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published51 days ago8 Sept 2026, 09:12 BST
- Submission deadline26 days ago2 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 50 days18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 153 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published8 Sept 2026, 09:12 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications PSQ document for the Whalley Range 11-18 High School Catering Tender 2026/27
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Tender documents will be emailed out to each successful PSQ bidder
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender